Zoya Twist Collection Spring 2009

Zoya Twist. Swatches first, then I'll give my take on this awesome spring collection.



Barbie. Just as the name implies, it's a bright Barbie pink. It looks like a creme, but there is a small amount of subtle hot pink shimmer in this. This is a really cute color. I don't normally wear pink, but I can definitely see myself wearing this because it's a pink that's not subtle. This pink says, "Yeah, I like girly pink, you got a problem with that?" Barbie is sheer on the first coat, but completely opaque on the second coat. If you wanted to wear this as a sheer, you definitely could because it's not streaky at all.




Cassi. A medium pinky coral with silvery shimmer. Another Barbie-type color. This would make a really cute pedicure. Cassi has that pretty Zoya shimmer that I love- it's like tiny little crystal flakes! This is also sheer on the first coat and mostly opaque on the second coat (this picture is two coats).



Harley. Oh hell yes. This color is awesome! It's a light shimmering concrete grey with just a hint of coppery sparkle. It's like a cross between OPI Sheer Your Toys and Sephora By OPI Run With It. I love this. I have been waiting for Zoya to release a nice grey polish and I am soooo excited that they created Harley! Woohoo! Grey rocks!!!



Jo. First of all, please excuse the tipwear. The minute I saw it, I HAD to wear it, so I slapped it on just-oiled nails with no basecoat or topcoat, and then I decided to scrub the bathtub. I'm surprised it lasted long enough for me to take a picture of it! Anyway, Jo. Dreamy overcast blue. It really says spring to me- it reminds me of a rainy day. There's a small amount of blue and silver shimmer in this, but again, it's subtle. I really adore this color. It makes me feel calm. It's odd for a color to effect my mood, but this one makes me feel all sorts of unexpected emotions. Strange. Awesome.


Malia. Light purple cream. Love at first sight. And you know what's really cool about this color? It's totally opaque in one coat. Shade-wise, it's somewhere in between Rescue Beauty Lounge Purple Haze and OPI Do You Lilac It?. Very springy- reminds me of Easter eggs! It's also not a bright purple shade- it's muted. Cloudy purple.


Moxie. The oddball of the collection. It's a rich crushed-berry creme. Also opaque in one coat! I suppose that this color is also a little muted, but it really stands out among the pastel shades in this collection. I'm not complaining- this is a beautiful color! This is just screaming for some Konad art.

Overall, this is a strong collection. Three feminine colors for the traditionalists and three unique colors for the hardcore nail people like us. I am quite pleased at that trade-off. Normally spring collections are very blah for me, but this one is different. I can foresee Harley being a big favorite with everyone. I'm already wearing Jo and I can't stop looking at my fingers.

The formula on these is top notch. All of them were the perfect texture and didn't even hint at giving me a problem. They were all smooth and perfect without having that gooey, drippy three-free texture. No issues in the formula department.

And on a slightly related note, I got the chance to try out Zoya's new ridgefiller, Get Even, and I'm in love! Due to some health issues, I have recently developed severe ridges on two of my nails and I've been using Seche Base to fill them, but it wasn't quite cutting it. I've also used Lippmann ridge filling base coat as well as OPI ridge filler, but Seche seemed to be the best so far. Not anymore! Zoya Get Even is exactly what I needed. I used it in these pictures- can you even tell where the ridges were?

I'll post more about that later (as well as the new Polish Exchange program Zoya is doing!)
but I wanted to mention it before I got distracted by shiny things.

Zoya's Twist Collection is available for purchase on Zoya.com.